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... verfe , and the first that shewed us our tongue " had beauty and numbers in it . Our language owes " more to him than the French does to Cardinal " Richelieu and the whole Academy . - The tongue " came into his hands like a rough ...
... verfe , and the first that shewed us our tongue " had beauty and numbers in it . Our language owes " more to him than the French does to Cardinal " Richelieu and the whole Academy . - The tongue " came into his hands like a rough ...
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... verfe , and the first that shewed us our tongue had beauty and numbers in it . Our language owes more to him than the French does to Cardinál Riche- lieu and the whole Academy . A poet cannot think of him without being in the fame ...
... verfe , and the first that shewed us our tongue had beauty and numbers in it . Our language owes more to him than the French does to Cardinál Riche- lieu and the whole Academy . A poet cannot think of him without being in the fame ...
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... verfe which he brought in , and the improvement he made in our numbers . Before his time men rhy- * med indeed , and that was all : as for the harmony of measure , and that dance of words which good ears are fo much pleas'd with , they ...
... verfe which he brought in , and the improvement he made in our numbers . Before his time men rhy- * med indeed , and that was all : as for the harmony of measure , and that dance of words which good ears are fo much pleas'd with , they ...
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... verfe lies commonly upon the last syllable , you will hardly ever find him ufing a word of no force there . I would fay if I were not afraid the reader would think me too nice , that he commonly closes with verbs , in which we know the ...
... verfe lies commonly upon the last syllable , you will hardly ever find him ufing a word of no force there . I would fay if I were not afraid the reader would think me too nice , that he commonly closes with verbs , in which we know the ...
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... verfe fet up in its room . There is a third per- fon * , the living glory of our English poetry , who has difclaimed the ufe of it upon the ftage , tho ' no man ever employed it there fo happily as he . It was the ftrength of his genius ...
... verfe fet up in its room . There is a third per- fon * , the living glory of our English poetry , who has difclaimed the ufe of it upon the ftage , tho ' no man ever employed it there fo happily as he . It was the ftrength of his genius ...
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Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
againſt Amoret beauty beſt boaſt bold brave breaſt bright Britiſh COUNTESS OF CARLISLE court crown'd dame defire deſtroy EDMUND WALLER Engliſh ev'ry eyes facred fair falutes fame fate fave feem fhade fhall fhine fhips fide fight fince fing firft firſt flain flame fleep foes fome foon foul ftill fuch fweet grace Heav'n herſelf himſelf Houſe increaſe itſelf Jove King LADY laft laſt lefs leſs loft Lord Lucretius Maid's Tragedy mind moſt Mufe Muſe muſt nobler numbers nymph o'er paffion peace plac'd pleaſe pleaſure pow'r praiſe prefent prince Queen rage reaſon reft reſt rife royal ſea ſhade ſhall ſhe ſhips ſhould ſpoil ſpread ſpring ſtand ſtars ſtate ſtill ſuch ſweet tempeft thee thefe themſelves theſe Thetis thofe thoſe thou thought thouſand thro Turks uſe verfe verſe vex'd Waller whofe whoſe wind youth
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 42 - Then die, that she The common fate of all things rare May read in thee; How small a part of time they share, That are so wondrous sweet and fair.
Seite xxxv - There needs no more be said to extol the excellence and power of his wit, and pleasantness of his conversation, than that it was of magnitude enough to cover a world of very great faults ; that is, so to cover them, that they were not taken notice of to his reproach, viz.
Seite 80 - The seas are quiet when the winds give o'er ; So calm are we when passions are no more ; For then we know how vain it was to boast Of fleeting things so certain to be lost.
Seite xlv - Andero ;" a piece which justifies the observation made by one of his editors, that he attained, by a felicity like instinct, a style which perhaps will never be obsolete ; and that, " were we to judge only by the wording, we could not know what was wrote at twenty, and what at fourscore.
Seite 184 - WHY came I so untimely forth Into a world which, wanting thee, Could entertain us with no worth Or shadow of felicity, That time should me so far remove From that which I was born to love ? Yet, Fairest Blossom ! do not slight That age which you may know so soon : The rosy morn resigns her light And milder glory to the noon ; And then what wonders shall you do Whose dawning beauty warms us so...
Seite 137 - The beauties which adorn'd that age, The shining subjects of his rage, Hoping they should immortal prove, Rewarded with success his love. This was the generous poet's scope, And all an English pen can hope, To make the fair approve his flame, That can so far extend their fame.
Seite 96 - And every man a Polypheme Does to his Galatea seem; None may presume her faith to prove; He proffers death that proffers love.
Seite 143 - Pouring out treasure to supply his fleet; They vow with lives and fortunes to maintain Their King's eternal title to the main, And with a present to the Duke approve His valor, conduct, and his country's love.
Seite xlvii - Among other improvements, we may reckon that of his rhymes, which are always good, and very often the better for being new.